How To Install libcmocka0 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcmocka0 on Kali Linux.

What is libcmocka0

libcmocka0 is:

This is the major library for CMocka.

The idea of CMocka is that a test application only requires the standard C library and the CMocka library itself to minimize conflicts with standard C headers especially on a lot of different platforms.

Features:

• Easy to use framework to write unit tests
• Support for mock objects
• Testing of memory leaks, buffer overflows and underflows
• Platform and compiler independent

There are three methods to install libcmocka0 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libcmocka0 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcmocka0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcmocka0

Install libcmocka0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcmocka0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcmocka0

Install libcmocka0 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libcmocka0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcmocka0

How To Uninstall libcmocka0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libcmocka0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcmocka0

Uninstall libcmocka0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcmocka0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcmocka0

Remove libcmocka0 Configurations and Data

To remove libcmocka0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcmocka0

Remove libcmocka0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcmocka0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcmocka0

Dependencies

libcmocka0 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libcmocka0 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcmocka0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.